# litera
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin littera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪtɛra]
* Hyphenation: li‧te‧ra

### Noun

litera f
* (higher register) letter (letter of the alphabet)
    Synonym: písmeno

#### Derived terms

* Litera
* literatura
* literát
* liteřina

### Further reading

* “litera”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “litera”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈliː.te.ra/, [ˈlʲiːt̪ɛrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈli.te.ra/, [ˈliːt̪erä]

### Noun

lītera f (genitive līterae); first declension
* Alternative form of littera
** 1833, Joannis Schulek, Grammatica latina, Szakolczae, page 5:Latini habent literas viginti quinque: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, ſ, (s), t, u, v, x, y, z.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “litera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* litera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* litera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Latvian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin littera.

### Noun

litera f (4th declension)
* synonym of burtstabiņš

#### Declension
## Malagasy
### Etymology

From English letter.

### Noun

litera
* letter (of the alphabet)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin littera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liˈtɛ.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛra
* Syllabification: li‧te‧ra

### Noun

litera f (diminutive literka)
* letter (letter of the alphabet)

#### Derived terms

* liternictwo
* liternik
* literowiec
* literówka
* literować impf
* składać litery impf

#### Related terms

* aliteracki
* literacki
* literalny
* literniczy
* literacko
* literalnie
* antyliteratura
* literacina
* literat
* literatka
* literatura

### Further reading

* litera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* litera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

From literă +‎ -a.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liteˈra/

#### Verb

a litera (third-person singular present literează, past participle literat) 1st conjugation
* to letter

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlitera/

#### Noun

litera
* definite nominative/accusative singular of literă

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan llitera, from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus (“bed”). First attested in 1600. A native Castilian outcome, for comparison, may have been *lechera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liˈteɾa/ [liˈt̪e.ɾa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾa
* Syllabification: li‧te‧ra

### Noun

litera f (plural literas)
* bunk
* bunk bed
* berth, couchette (on either a ship or a train)
    Synonym: camarote

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “lecho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 617

### Further reading

* “litera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10